Celebrate Diwali

Celebrate Holidays

by Carol Plum-Ucci

Describes the history and mythology behind the five-day Hindu celebration, explains its cultural significance and the signs and symbols usually associated with it, and describes how the holiday is celebrated all over the world.

128 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 2007

About the author

Carol Plum-Ucci is a young adult novelist and essayist. Plum-Ucci’s most famous work to date is The Body of Christopher Creed, for which she won a Michael L. Printz Award in 2002 and was named a finalist to the Edgar Allan Poe Award. Describing her subjects as "the most common, timeless, and most heart-felt teenagers," Plum-Ucci is widely recognized for her use of the South Jersey shore to set scenes for engaging characters embracing suspense themes.